WOOD ELEM.

WOOD ELEM., a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in FT LEONARD WOOD, Missouri, part of WAYNESVILLE R-VI, caters to 295 students, covering grades K through 5.

WAYNESVILLE R-VI runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,190 students. WOOD ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Demographically, WOOD ELEM. lists that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at WOOD ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pulaski County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WOOD ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.3%; WOOD ELEM. posts 70.7%, +20.4 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pulaski County indicate median household income runs about $64,466, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pulaski County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,884 students), WOOD ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WILLIAMS EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WOOD ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.3%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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